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About the book

Reviews

Ramonita P. Melton
★★★★★

19 July 2013

This is very informative and very helpful in letting other people know what are different ways in reducing carbon dioxide as applied by other countries.

Description

This book analyses, country by country and region by region, responses to the worldwide demand for reductions in carbon dioxide emissions. The discussion is quantitative and contains many related calculations. There are discussions of how the respective countries have fulfilled their obligations under the Kyoto Protocol and detailed coverage of some of novel technologies for energy production with reduced or nil carbon footprint.

Preface

I intend that this book will have the following purposes. It will provide an up-to-date coverage of carbon emissions and mitigations throughout the world. It attune the mind of a reader not previously specialising in such matters to such things as carbon-neutral fuels. And it will have its place in university courses in energy matters. A reader might think that the calculations throughout the book on carbon release and mitigation are starting, by about half way through the text, to become a little repetitive. This is intentional for two reasons. One cannot argue the points made without such calculations, and to a reader previously inexperienced in such matters they will provide helpful exercises.

This is the sixth in my series of books published by Ventus. Given the subject matter, I can imagine that there will be scope for a revised edition after about five years. This, subject to the approval of Ventus, I shall be happy to undertake.

J.C. Jones

Aberdeen, June 2013.

All diligent attempts were made to contact copyright owners of the illustrations and to obtain permission to use them. If any permission or acknowledgement has inadvertently been omitted author and publisher should be informed. This being an electronic book, it will be possible to rectify such an omission.

Content

Preface

Introduction

The seminal application of physics to global warming: Arrhenius 1896

Some concepts from Arrhenius’ treatise

Enter Kyoto

References

The United Kingdom

Preamble

Electricity production in 2010

Transport

Household energy

Carbon dioxide sequestration

Tree planting

References

Other European Union countries

Introduction

France

The Netherlands

Germany

Belgium

Spain

Portugal

Newer members of the EU

Concluding remarks

References

China

Introduction

Beijing

Regional China

The Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (SAR)

Concluding remarks

References

North America

Introduction

Selected locations in the USA examined for carbon dioxide emissions and mitigation

CCS in the USA

Tree planting in the US

The situation in Canada

Concluding remarks

References

The Far East

Introduction

Carbon dioxide emissions

Further remarks

References

The OPEC Countries

Introduction

Member countries and their CO2 emissions

Further considerations

Concluding remarks

References

The Indian subcontinent

Preamble

Some relevant details on India

Pakistan

Bangladesh

Sri Lanka

Conclusion

References

Australia, New Zealand and the South Pacific

Introduction

The current milieu in Australia

The current milieu in New Zealand

PNG

The Pacific Islands

Concluding remarks

References

South America

Introduction

Miscellaneous South American countries

Further remarks

References

The Former Soviet Union

Introduction

Russia

Ukraine

Kazakhstan

The Baltic states

Selected further Former Soviet Union countries

Concluding remarks

References

Some selected African countries

Introduction

South Africa

Lesotho

Botswana

Cameroon

Kenya

Madagascar

Mauritius

Other selected African nations

Concluding remarks

References

Large cities across the world

Introduction and selection of cities

Concluding remarks

References

Isolated and/or sparsely populated regions of the world

Introduction

Selected regions

Concluding remarks

References

Endnotes

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